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EW #5215 is an expert in industrial automation and process controls, providing control system design, analysis, consulting training & technical mediation services.

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Education:
1990 - 1992 Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio
M.S.E.E. (G.P.A. 3.87/4.00)
ƒÞ Thesis: Matrix Interpolation Based Self-Tuning Web Tension Regulation
1984 - 1989 Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio
B.S.E.E. (G.P.A. 3.93/4.00)
ƒÞ Senior Design: Rubber Calendar Control System
1978 - 1983 University of the State of New York, Buffalo, New York
B.A. (Th.) (G.P.A. 3.32/4.00)
ƒÞ Senior Thesis: History of the Filioque

Professional experience
1999 ¡V Present Applied Industrial Control Solutions LLC, Seven Hills, Ohio.
President / Principal Consulting Engineer
ƒÞ Director of Sales, Marketing, and Project Management of ApICS LLC, a small engineering consulting firm.
ƒÞ Provide consulting control systems engineering consulting services to the following corporations:
Rockwell Automation (USA)
Rockwell Industrial Automation (Australia)
Mustang Dynamometer Corp (OH)
Allison Transmission (GM) Corp. (IN)
Orbital Research Inc. (OH)
ALCAN Inc. (Canada)
Dofasco Inc. (Canada)
USX Corp. (PA)
Ford Motor Co. (MI)
IEEE IAS USA (NY)
Aeromovel Brazillia Corp. (Brazil)
Automatic Controls Laboratory. (OH)
NEXEN Group Inc. (MN)
CHAMP Engineering LLC (MN)
ƒÞ Consulting services include system engineering, technical mediation, proposal generation, project costing, technical training, project management, and field problem solving and technical intervention.

1992 - 1999 Rockwell Automation, Cleveland, Ohio
Consulting Engineer
ƒÞ Designated a Rockwell corporate resource for systems modeling and analysis.
ƒÞ Directed the investigation of promising applications of modern control theory for industrial control and generated reports with recommendations for Rockwell Automation¡¦s Senior Vice Presidents.
ƒÞ Directed the development, marketing and execution of corporate and customer training programs in system theory, modeling and analysis.
ƒÞ Developed guidelines to facilitate standardization of Drive Systems engineering practices. Responsible for the design and stability proofs of all standard control system designs used by Rockwell Automation¡¦s Systems Engineering Community.
ƒÞ Generated technical requirements for marketing and engineering specifications of new AC, DC and Systems-Integration products .
ƒÞ Provided technical support to field service engineering, application engineering, and sales, including the generation of consulting engineering reports for Rockwell customers.
ƒÞ Designated the technical liaison responsible for coordinating technology transfers between the Oklahoma State University¡¦s Aerospace Engineering Web Handling Research Center, the Rockwell Science Center, and Rockwell Automation¡¦s Systems Groups.

1990 - 1992 Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio
Teaching Assistant
ƒÞ Conducted laboratory classes for Control Systems, Digital Signal Processing, and Electric Machines.
ƒÞ Assisted professors in the development of new and innovative experiments.

1983 - 1990 Picker International, Highland Heights, Ohio
Engineer
ƒÞ Designed and tested various hardware sub-systems for the MX series field deployable military X-ray systems.
ƒÞ Assisted principal engineering staff in modeling positioning control systems, thermal (heat-sink) systems, and IG-Spice circuit simulations.
ƒÞ Designed an MC68000 vector based circuit board testing system for the PC boards in the MX X-ray system.
Patents and publications


PATENTS
The following patents are pending:
[1] Advanced Elevator Speed Tracking and Control Scheme.
[2] A Non-Linear Tunable PI Regulator .
[3] A Loop-Shaping Self-Tuning Web Tension Regulation Scheme.
[4] Adaptive Tuning of a Non-Linear Tension Regulated Center-
winder With a Speed Intermediate Loop.

Additional professional development
American Management Association Seminars in:
„h Communication and Interpersonal Skills for the Technical Professional.
„h Successfully Managing People.
Massachusets Institute of Technology Summer Professional Program
„h 1997 - Fundamentals of detection, parameter estimation and Kalman filtering.
„h 1998 - Modeling Physical Systems
Professional memberships
Member - I.E.E.E., Committee Chair - I.E.E.E. I.A.S., Member - TAPPI, Member - AISE.
Languages
Speak, read and write Russian (fluent).


 

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